McMahon routs Ludlowe, remains undefeated

Updated 12:54 am, Saturday, November 2, 2013

A.J. Albano, the head football coach at Brien McMahon High School, during a team practice earlier this season. His team was undefeated as of last week.

A.J. Albano, the head football coach at Brien McMahon High School, during a team practice earlier this season. His team was undefeated as of last week.

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Brien McMahon quarterback Matt Downey tosses the football during practice on earlier this season. He tossed two touchdown passes in the team's victory over Fairfield Ludlowe last Friday.

Brien McMahon quarterback Matt Downey tosses the football during practice on earlier this season. He tossed two touchdown passes in the team's victory over Fairfield Ludlowe last Friday.

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Brien McMahon's Kentrell Snider, shown in action earlier this season, scored four touchdowns in the Senators' 41-9 win over Fairfield Ludlowe last Friday.

Brien McMahon's Kentrell Snider, shown in action earlier this season, scored four touchdowns in the Senators' 41-9 win over Fairfield Ludlowe last Friday.

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A.J. Albano, the head football coach at Brien McMahon High School, during a team practice earlier this season. His team was undefeated as of last week.

A.J. Albano, the head football coach at Brien McMahon High School, during a team practice earlier this season. His team was undefeated as of last week.

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Brien McMahon's Kenneth Keen carries the ball in a game earlier this season. He scored one of the Senator's touchdowns last Friday in a 41-9 victory over Fairfield Ludlowe.

Brien McMahon's Kenneth Keen carries the ball in a game earlier this season. He scored one of the Senator's touchdowns last Friday in a 41-9 victory over Fairfield Ludlowe.

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McMahon routs Ludlowe, remains undefeated

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FAIRFIELD -- The won-lost record following Brien McMahon High School's 41-9 victory Friday over Fairfield Ludlowe now stands at 7-0. The Senators are suddenly being compared to the 1994 McMahon squad that went undefeated.

"Just to be mentioned in the same sentence as the '94 team is great," McMahon head coach AJ Albano said. "Some people say that was the best high school football team they ever saw."

The schedule certainly gets more difficult with twice-beaten Ridgefield up next week and then one-loss St. Joseph.

But if the Senators can play as they did last night, the sky's the limit.

"People say their schedule hasn't been strong," Ludlowe coach Vin Camera said. "But at the end of the day they're 7-0 and 7-0 is 7-0. They deserve to be 7-0."

Kentrell Snider scored four touchdowns to lead the Senators to win No. 7. He returned a kickoff 83 yards for a score that gave McMahon (6-0 FCIAC) a 14-3 second-quarter lead.

Then in the second half, Snider added two touchdown runs and caught one of the two TD passes quarterback Matt Downey threw on the night.

"The kickoff return was big," Snider said. "It broke their spirit. (A special teams touchdown) was a goal of ours before the game and before the kick I called it. I just felt it."

"Snider is capable of big plays like that," Albano said. "He has really grown up for us. He's dangerous on special teams, on offense and on defense. He's an all-around player."

Snider, who had TD runs of seven and nine yards and caught a seven-yard pass from Downey, finished with 45 yards rushing and just the seven receiving, but made the most of his touches.

Kenneth Keen added a one-yard TD for McMahon and Downey and Matthieu connected on a 14-yard score for the other touchdown.

The Senators benefitted from six turnovers by Ludlowe (4-4, 3-4 FCIAC), which was playing without injured running back Warren Davis.

"You won't beat anybody committing six turnovers," Camera said.

The Senators took the opening possession 75 yards and Keen capped the drive with a one-yard run. Ludlowe then got on the board in the second quarter with a 35-yard field goal by Charles Kottler. But things went sour for the Falcons after that.

First, on the ensuing kickoff Snider went 83 yards for a touchdown. On Ludlowe's next possession the Falcons fumbled on the third play and McMahon recovered at the Ludlowe 27.

Three plays later Downey connected with Hargrove to give the Senators a 20-3 halftime lead.

Another Ludlowe fumble in the third quarter set up Snider's seven-yard TD run.

Falcons quarterback Matt White sneaked in from one yard out to cut the deficit to 27-9 but Snider the added his final two touchdowns to make it 41-9.